Theatrical releases

Feature films

• January 29 - Sleeping Beauty
• March 19 - The Shaggy Dog
• June 26 - Darby O'Gill and the Little People
• November 10 - Third Man on the Mountain
• December 16 - Jungle Cat
• December 24 - Dumbo (re-release)

Shorts

• June 26 - Donald in Mathmagic Land
• September 2 - How to Have an Accident at Work
• November 10 - Noah's Ark

Theme parks

• June 14 - Matterhorn Bobsleds, the Disneyland Monorail and the Submarine Voyage all open in an event referred to as "The Second Opening of Disneyland"

People

Births

• January 5 - Clancy Brown (actor and voice actor)
• February 4 - Pamelyn Ferdin (child actor)
• March 7 - Donna Murphy (actress and singer)
• March 24 - Lloyd Sherr (voice actor)
• April 3 - David Hyde Pierce (actor)
• April 4 - Phil Morris (actor)
• April 10 - Brian Setzer (guitarist, singer and songwriter)
• April 15 - Emma Thompson (actress)
• April 17 - Sean Bean (actor)
• May 5 - Gary Dubin (actor)
• May 12 - Ving Rhames (actor)
• May 20 - Bronson Pinchot (actor)
• June 11 - Hugh Laurie (actor, voice actor, comedian and writer)
• June 29 - Gary Rydstrom (sound designer and director)
• July 7 - Billy Campbell (actor)
• July 16 - Bob Joles (voice actor)
• July 22 - César Ferioli (comic book artist)
• July 26 - Kevin Spacey (actor)
• August 3 - John C. McGinley (actor)
• August 17 - Chika Sakamoto (Japanese voice actress)
• September 10 - Jim Meskimen (actor and comedian)
• September 23 - Jason Alexander (actor)
• September 24 - Steve Whitmire (puppeteer)
• November 19 - Allison Janney (voice actress)
• December 9 - Steve Mackall (voice actor)
• December 31 - Val Kilmer (actor)

Deaths

• March 2 - Eric Blore (voice actor)
• March 3 - Lou Costello (actor and comedian)
• March 12 - D. A. Clarke-Smith (British actor)
• September 30 - Taylor Holmes (actor)